They're not acquiring a player out of regret, they're acquiring a player they think will be better than the options.

12:25

Now, I think that the board state is worse with Segura than what they traded away, but they certainly didn't do it out of some pining for Gregorius.

12:25

If they got something really awesome for Gregorius, they'd likely still want Segura.

Wade

12:25

Do you think there Are there handshake agreements that a player will take the opt out? This would make the Ian Kennedy signing make more since.

Dan Szymborski

12:26

Nobody in baseball has ever kept a secret, so I doubt it.

12:27

The Blue Jays were *this close* to being reprimanded for the Clemens handshake agreement.

12:28

MLB does not like secret covenants.

mtsw

12:28

What does a do-able Machado extension look like?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

I don't believe there's any figure that would be acceptable to both parties.

Julio Pepper

12:29

Is it just me, or have position players been going for pennies relative to pitchers, if you take projected WAR seriously? Does anyone expect Mike Leake to be more valuable than Howie Kendrick over the next few seasons? Speaking of which, why on earth did Kendrick get less money than Daniel Murphy?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

No, I don't think so. I've been getting similar implied $/WAR value for hitters and pitchers.

12:29

It's just that there were better pitchers than hitters available.

12:30

In Kendrick's case, I think they misread the argument and Kendrick *is* older.

The Cincinnati Kid

12:30

ZiPs seems to like AJ Reed (as do I), do you see him as a Super 2 deadline call-up, only in case of injury emergency call-up, or a September call-up this season?